Death Toll Climbs To At Least 37 After Devastating Quake Rocks Central Italy

PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press, Portland Press Herald
Wed, 08/24/2016 - 2:41am

AMATRICE, Italy — A devastating earthquake rocked central Italy early Wednesday, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept. At least 37 people were reported dead in three hard-hit towns where rescue crews raced to dig survivors out of the rubble, but the toll was expected to rise as crews reached homes in more remote hamlets. A man leans on the rubble of a destroyed building in Amatrice Italy, Wednesday.

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